Hello to all,
Now i know wy i never have Starlings and Crows in my yard. Many Birders
always asks the queston "how do you manage not having any of this birds. I
have no grass left after i converted my yard six years ago, and increased
many species of birds since than. Thank you so verry much for this
information.
Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma

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> From: D. Daily <ddaily at u.washington.edu>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Ed Newbolds: Re: Canada Goose Kill
> Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 5:01 PM
>
>
> So now there is time kept by a calendar BC/AD, and now BT, before Toro.
> I'm slow, took me a minute to understand before Toro (shows i rarely
> mow).
>
> The geese comments are pertinent, but what perked up my ears was the
> idea that 'fuzzy' yards also cut down on starlings and crows.
>
> My own yard seems to attest to that. While I've never had a lot of grass,
> our yard was fairly open as we cleaned up and started planting.
> we've had construction and I've done a lot of new plantings (shrubs) over
> the last ten years. Now that things are starting to appear truly shrubby,
> and the trees are really trees, there has been a noticeable decrease in
> crows at or near my feeders, and also fewer starlings, despite
> the fact they are nesting in the eaves of the house next door.
>
> Unfortunately the house sparrows don't care.
>
> But it is kind of fun to run out into the yard and scare them.
>
> And I still get an occasional sharpie zooming into the bushes
> after a fat sunflower feed finch.
>
>
> Douglas F. Daily
> ddaily at u.washington.edu
> Physical Plant Business Office
> Phone: 221-4357
> Box 352215
> Seattle WA 98195
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